Help How to easily back up apps to pc without itunes

I have been trying to find software to backup all my apps from my iphone to my desktop without itunes. I have a mac and a pc so software for either would be nice. I would love it if I could just navigate to my applications and copy them to my desktop and could restore them one bye one if needed. I'm not talking about my cydia apps I found a program for that I'm talking about all my appstore apps.

I'm not sure that there is a way to back them up without iTunes. Why not use it? You can activate your account on up to 5 computers.

If all of your app store apps are on your mac, you could always copy them to a PC formatted USB flash drive from your iTunes folder/Mobile Applications (not sure where that is on a Mac, I've only got a PC).